Plasma physics - On the crest of a wake

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作者
Bingham, Robert [1 ]
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[1] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
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10.1038/445721a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
What a conventional particle accelerator needs kilometres to achieve, a compact 'plasma wakefield' accelerator has just mastered in less than a metre. So is it adieu to the era of the gargantuan mega-accelerator?
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